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1 author picked Sovereign Necropolis as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because this book is a remarkable and compelling study of the politics of death in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Siam. The death of a worker in September 1890 marks the first time an unnatural death is entered into the archives of the state.
Trais Pearson explores how the dead were investigated back then, bringing to life an engaging narrative of the ensuing tensions between the Siamese elite and the foreign powers. I was so immersed in Trais’ captivating storytelling and narrative of the conflicts and negotiations that played out in the legal arena of civil law and forensic medicine…
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